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BCCI rests key
players for Challenger Trophy |
The BCCI has rested several top players for
the upcoming NKP Salve Challenger Trophy to be
held in Ahmedabad from the 25th to 28th of this
month. Captain MS Dhoni along with several other
big names have not been included in any of the
three squads keeping in mind of a packed
international schedule. Along with Dhoni, the
names of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul
Dravid, Yuvraj Singh are just among a few
players to be rested for this tournament.
None of the players who have signed up with
the Indian Cricket League have been picked
leaving this season's Challenger's Trophy to be
played between completely inexperienced but
promising cricketers of the country.
Mohammad Kaif will be leading the India Red
Side while Virender Sehwag has been handed the
captaincy of the India Blue side. India Green
Side will be led by wicket keeper Parthiv Patel.
The Challenger Trophy will be hugely important
for the likes of Virender Sehwag, Munaf Patel
and Suresh Raina to force a comeback in the
National Side.
India Blue:
Virender Sehwag
(Delhi, Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (Mumbai),
Dinesh Karthik
(Tamil Nadu, Wicket Keeper),
Suresh Raina
(UP), Neeraj Patel (Gujarat), Arjun Yadav
(Hyderabad),
Joginder Sharma (Haryana),
Ramesh Powar
(Mumbai), Amit Mishra
(Haryana), Yo Mahesh (Tamil Nadu), Ranadeb Bose
(Bengal), Swapnil Asnodkar (Goa), Rakesh Dhruv (Saurashtra),
Saurav Bandekar (Goa) Coach :
Praveen Amre
India Green:
Parthiv Patel (Gujarat, Captain & Wicket
Kepeper), Cheteshwar Pujara (Saurashtra),
Rohit Sharma
(Mumbai), Murali
Kartik (Railways), Manoj Tiwary (Bengal),
Yusuf Pathan (Baroda), Abhishek Nayar (Mumbai),
Niranjan Behra (Orissa), Iqbal Abdullah
(Mumbai), Pankaj Singh (Rajasthan),
Munaf Patel (Mah),
Gagandeep Singh (Punjab), Anirudh Srikkanth
(Tamil Nadu), Satyajit Satbhai (Maharashtra)
Coach :
Venkatesh Prasad
India Red:
Mohammad Kaif (UP, Captain), Karan Goel
(Punjab), Gautam
Gambhir (Delhi), Subramaniam Badrinath
(Tamil Nadu), Virat Kohli (Delhi), Ravneet Ricky
(Punjab), Praveen Kumar (UP), Mahesh Rawat (Haryana,
Wicket Keeper), Pragyan Ojha (Hyderabad),
Siddarth Trivedi (Gujarat),
Ishant Sharma
(Delhi), Pinal Shah (Baroda), Srikant Munde (Maharashtra),
Paresh Patel (Orissa) Coach :
Lalchand Rajput
Schedule:
- October 25: India Red Vs India Blue
- October 26: India Green Vs India Red
- October 27: India Green Vs India Blue
- October 28: Final
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